HANGZHOU, China, Oct 8 (Bernama) — The 16th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival (CICAF) was held in Hangzhou, capital city of southeast China’s Zhejiang Province from September 29 to October 4. A total of 2,680 Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions from 65 countries and regions around the world participated in the animation festival’s online and offline activities, with 10.12 million people joining the festival online. Nearly 1,000 original animation works sought to win the “Golden Monkey King” Awards competition. At the same time, the competition has also introduced a venture capital match-making session to promote exchanges and cooperation among animation, cartoons, games, publishing and derivative products, so as to create an industrial ecosystem via the competition, according to China International Cartoon & Animation Executive Committee Office.
From less than 10 animation enterprises in 2004 to more than 300 in 2019, Hangzhou’s cartoon and animation community has expanded rapidly in a short span of more than 10 years. Meanwhile, Hangzhou’s animation industry has formed a complete industrial chain, ranging from original content production to animation production and derivative development. Many young people have seen their animation dreams come true here. Hangzhou has undoubtedly become an ideal land to realize dreams for China’s animation industry.
